when i was in 6th grade i turned 12. my school attendance dropped dramatically. i honestly missed 20+ days a year to hunt and fish. turkey season id miss 2 days a week every week just because dad was off and could hunt with me. and we also always took a whole week vacation every spring to turkey hunt and trout fish.

how did i possibly manage to graduate with honors and a 3.3gpa??? easy. hunting was my motivation. i knew if i did good i got to hunt. if i did bad i wasnt allowed to miss school to hunt. i'm a lucky person. school stuff generally comes pretty easy..atleast highschool stuff did. i worked 2 jobs working 60hr weeks most my senior year. may i turkey hunted dang near every day before school. slept in school so i could stay up at work lol. still did good and never cracked a book at home.

the week long trips id tell all my teachers i was going away and they would give me the work and every night after dinner i did homework till bed time...

hunting was and still is my motivation to do well in school(now college) now i know if i dont do my papers and studying that i will HAVE to do it sooner or later, which will potentially kill my hunting time. so i still use hunting to get my school work done. i got a 4.0 this spring semester...i spent a good number of days hunting and fishing.

to me, id have to say my system works....i'd have to say i turned out pretty good....